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id: environments
title: Environments
description: Environments are workspaces where you keep tests, test suites, variable sets, and all other Tracetest resources. Build integration and end-to-end tests with OpenTelemetry traces with Tracetest.
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  - tracetest
  - trace-based testing
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  - distributed tracing
  - testing
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:::tip Commercial Feature
[Feature available only in Cloud-based Managed Tracetest & Enterprise Self-hosted Tracetest.](https://tracetest.io/pricing)
:::

Environments are workspaces where you keep tests, test suites, variable sets, and all other Tracetest resources.

![](https://res.cloudinary.com/djwdcmwdz/image/upload/v1712585521/docs/app.tracetest.io_organizations_ttorg_2179a9cd8ba8dfa5_environments_ttenv_231b49e808c29e6a_2_wgg8zl.png)

Create additional environments by clicking the `+ Create a New Environment` button.

Connect Tracetest Agent and/or a tracing backend to an environment to start creating tests.

![](https://res.cloudinary.com/djwdcmwdz/image/upload/v1712585314/docs/app.tracetest.io_organizations_ttorg_2179a9cd8ba8dfa5_environments_ttenv_231b49e808c29e6a_uhn9t6.png)

Additional environments can be shared between team members, or used as dedicated environments for QA, staging, test, production, or any other shared environment of your choosing.

![](https://res.cloudinary.com/djwdcmwdz/image/upload/v1712585450/docs/app.tracetest.io_organizations_ttorg_2179a9cd8ba8dfa5_environments_ttenv_231b49e808c29e6a_1_d0qwxl.png)
